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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican president
Seat
CA31004
Nominated
Nov. 21, 2003
Committee hearing
Jan. 28, 2004
Committee action
Reported (favorably)March 4, 2004
Senate vote
96โ€“0Roll Call
Confirmed
May 20, 2004
Commissioned
May 24, 2004
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Oct. 23, 2006
Service ended
July 25, 2016Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Dec. 9, 1987 June 1, 2004 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judge May 24, 2004 July 25, 2016 Death George W. Bush

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream โ€” not that the judge has written nothing.